Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
ingalls, Elected President Pro Tenn OF
the Senaie-A Substitute for the
Pleur0- Pneumonia Bill.
The House in Committee of Whole COnsid
ers the Naval Appropriation BIZ
but Takes no Action.
MIX CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

| Sheridan, as president OF the society OF
the Army of the Potomac, inviting the
Senate to be present "through a commit
tee" at the unwilling of the statue Of
General Garfield in the city of Washing
ton on May II next. Referred TO the
committee on liberty.
Among the bills reported from commit
tees and placed on the calendar was the
following House bill to pay out of the
! Texas indemnity fund to J. f. Pitcher of
kentucky $500 for 500 bond and $685. in
paper money of the republic of Texas. It
was reported back from the committee on
claims and passed.
A resolution offered by Senator Ed
munds electing Senator ingalls, president
pro TEN, to take effect at | O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon, at which time the res
ignatlon of Senator Sherman takes effect,
was placed before the Senate.
Senator Cockreil moved to amend by
substituting the name of Senator Ha ris.
The amendment was rejected-yeas 26,
nays SO; strict party vote, Riddleberser
voting with the Republicans.
The resolution was adopted with
out division. The Senate then
took up the pleuro- pneumonia
bill. Senator Edmunds offered
as q substitute for the bill, bill appro-
priating 81 900, 900 to be expended under
the direction OF the President of the
United States, and in mis- discretion
| through the Commissioner OF Agriculture
: to aid the proper authorities of the sew
eral states in preventing the spread of
the disease known as pleuro pneumonia
among cattle, the appropriation TO expire
at the end of two years. After debate
| Senator Edmunds' substitute Was agreed
to-yeas, 81; nays, u.
| Senator Van Wyck offered sn amend
ment to make the bill apply also to the
SWINE plague, hog cholera, and other con-
! tag;Ous diseases among swine. He made
an argument in support OF his amendment
which he regarded as really of greater
Importance to the people of the west
than the original bill, which he said, was
got up more in the interest Of the east
than the west.
Senator Miller replied TO Senator Van
Wyck and described his speech as re-
markable to be made by g member of the
agricultural committee. lie could not
lind words appropriate to be spoken IN
this body that would express his con-
tempt for such q speech. The Senator
knew that ninety-nine out of every nun
dred people desired the bill as it
came from the committee, but it'll
had been murdered and muti'ated
by eastern men. Let the burden
he said rest with them. II the great
plains of Kansas and Nebraska were
devastated by cattle plague, the blame
would not be with the committee on
agriculture.
Senator Teller spoke on the substitute
as having been offered and voted for out
Of spirit of hostility to the bill. As to
the statement made by the Senator from
Nebraska that the bill was in the interest
of the people of the east, he reminded that
Senator that the legislatures of all the
western states, chambers of commerce,
boards of trade and all cattle associations
had urged this legislation, and the adCp-
ton of the substitute would be regarded
as the death knell of the bill, and ne want
ed the country to know that the friends
of the bill understood the purpose and
motive with which the substitute was
offered and sustained.
Senator Dawes moved to reconsider
the vote adopting the substitute. The
bill was then laid aside informally. When
taken up again the first vote will be on
the reconsideration OF the vote adopting
Senator Edmunds' substitute.
The presiding officer then laid before
the Senate the Pacific railroad inquiry
resolution.
Senator Frye moved that the Senate go
into executive session. Rejected-yeas,
2l; nays, &c.
Senator Cameron moved to adjourn.
Negatived.
Senator Hoar declared his determine
ton to have the Pacific railroad inquiry
resolution considered to-day.
Senator Cullom: ado you desire to
have final vote on the resolution to
night"
Senator Hoar: yes"
Senator Allison: "Then | move the
Senate take recess till S o'clock"
Agreed to and recess was taken.
When the Senate re-assembled 1t imme-
diately proceeded TO consideration OF the
House Joint resolution for the investiga-
ton of the Pacific railways, with Senate
amendment thereto in the nature OF a
substitute.
Senator Mcpherson moved to strike
out from the substitute sections /, and
6. These sections confer upon the Presi-
dent certain power to redeem under GER
tain circumstances mortgages and liens
of roads paramount to right of title and
to the interest of the United
States; increasing to 70 per cent.
of their net earnings the amount
to be paid by the companies
into sinking fund and authorizing the in
vestment of the sinking fund in first
mortgage bonds of the companies.
After debate the fourth and fifth sec
tions and the sinking fund section were
stricken out.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. % The Speaker
laid before the House the bill for the re
lief of the estate of the late John How.
Referred to the committee on claims.
The Speaker also laid before the House
message from the Senate announcing
the passage by that body over the Presi-
dents veto. of the bill for he relief OF
Thomas II. Poplains. Referred to the
committee on invalid pensions.
On motion of Mr.. Belmont, the House
insisted on it's amendment to the Senate
retaliation bill, and Messrs. Belmont,
Clements and Rice were appointed con-
ferees.
Mr.. Burns of Missouri, from the COM
mlttee on appropriations, reported the
deficiency appropriation Dill. Referred